Dave Matthews Band - #41 Jeff Coffin Sax Solo

06.01.09 at Beacon Theater, NY

[@SurrealSymbiont]

Incredible performance. My good god. That sax. Anybody who cannot appreciate that beauty has not heart it, or played.

[@ArbitraryLifestyle]

I've always said if God ever played an instrument, it was Jeff on saxophone.

[@MrWednesday100]

I love that he has his back turned the whole time, its not about the audience, its about creating awesomeness with Carter. Love it.

[@roshanparikh3376]

Jeff Coffins and Rashawn Ross came to my school today. Holy hell it was AWESOME

[@damianturner7710]

Lucky man you are!

[@geneparmesan8108]

In the last 40 years, no one besides U2 has sold more tickets than DMB, and U2 had a 9 year headstart. One of the most under appreciated live bands to ever exist.

[@dshesser]

It’s crazy how this was 12 years ago now… time flys and I’m glad these guys are here for my time ❤️

[@iansmith3593]

Such phenomenal musicians. At times DMB is essentially a great jazz band that happens to have an acoustic guitarist who sings.

[@walterweir6788]

Yea, true that !!

[@eli_m6556]

So true lol

[@roadracer4life]

Jeff did LeRoi proud with this solo..

[@baxatakbaxatak2014]

I firmly believe Jeff, Rashawn, and Tim Reynolds helped save this band after LeRoi’s passing. A legendary guitarist and a brilliant horn section!

[@nickolasconnor3661]

i guess Im asking the wrong place but does anyone know of a way to get back into an instagram account..? I somehow lost the account password. I would appreciate any help you can offer me

[@gradygavin9917]

@Nickolas Connor Instablaster :)

[@squigtonianmayhem4602]

Jeff said he never wanted to replace Leroi, just fill in his abscence. They're two different kinda players. Roi was a maestro. Jeff is a badass, rock n roll, blow that shit player. He can play the songs, but, has his own style that allows him to fit nicely.

[@gustafsone]

I saw DMB the summer after Leroi passed away for the first time since around 2003 when I had graduated college (and had previously seen them EVERY summer since around 1997, or so). I had played the saxophone all the way through high school, and Leroi was always a hero of mine since I was a huge fan of DMB and he was amazing. He was always a highlight of their live shows that I went to. Fast forward 6 years later, when I was living in a new big city, and I got tickets to see DMB for the first time in a long time and I was absolutely destroyed by the news of Leroi passing away. I had, fortunately, known about Jeff Coffin at this point since he played with The Flecktones for a while, and I had seen him with them a couple of times (along with another music hero of mine, Victor Wooten). Before the show started, I could obviously see they had a new saxophone player since they were setup on the stage with everything else. I was like "goddamn, who could possibly replace Leroi Moore in this band???" and then when they came out on stage a bit later, I notice Jeff -fucking- Coffin, and before I had time to even process or lose my mind, I just started crying. Not in a "I wonder if the people next to me will notice me tearing up" kind of way, but a "hey man, are you OK, is something wrong" type of way! I lost it! Of ALL of the people DMB could have gone with, they got Jeff Coffin???? Heck, I"m crying all over again just watching this KZbin clip! I'm SO glad that he is a member of DMB now. While absolutely nobody could replace Leroi, there is nobody better that DMB could have gotten to step into his shoes for a couple of hours every night!

[@hotice8885]

Solo section starts at 2:01, but Jeff has to play around with random specks of music until 4:01, since the audience took that long to FINALLY stop yelling over him, so he could hear himself think, Lol. Glad he did that; they wpuld have missed some incredible rock and roll saxophone work!

[@giovannispagnolo9670]

sax is still something that not anybody can understand

[@Goodban17]

Carter deserves more love for this....ridonkulous

[@squigtonianmayhem4602]

The man gets no love outside the circle, and it's a crime. I would put him up against ANY drummer.

[@nottiredofwinning3736]

This solo drives home the point that sometimes less is more. Holding back, THEN letting loose - it goes a loooong way. Teeease the audience.

[@baxatakbaxatak2014]

That’s what I love about LeRoi and Jeff’s differing styles. LeRoi’s brilliant solos were like paintings drawn inside the lines, but completely classic. Jeff is the artist that loves to get messy and draw outside the lines-but the solos are no less phenomenal and ear-bursting.

[@Gengiskanist]

What a relief for my ears and my soul... Two crazy artists capable of playing with each other with all kinds of nuances. I'm shivering. Thank you for existing, thank you for this performance.

[@MichaelJohnsenyoutube]

And might I add, if my name was Dave Matthews I'd be so insanely proud at that moment on stage presenting the best music ever created by mankind!

[@doubleapunkupine]

Coffin was the featured artist and gave an hour long clinic at the Purdue Jazz Festival yesterday... some of the sounds he can get out of that saxophone are absolutely insane!

[@michielbeirinckx]

my right ear really enjoyed this!

[@Arminian100]

This is possibly the best jam they've done with #41. I love the way this song has evolved and Jeff adds something so different. I will always miss LeRoi but Jeff just figured something out on this song!

[@drunkasthedevil]

12 years later.. hey, I’m late to your comment hOwEvEr, when they did #41 w Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, where they jam for 45 minutes.. that is definitely comparable. I probably blast that orgasmic rendition once a week. Also, when is Jeff not a bass ass. The answer is never. He is never not a badass. And the absolute nicest, down to earth individual.

[@cld0868]

DMB the best band on the world!!

[@rockandrollsax]

Need more sax players like this everywhere to raise the roof!!

[@Jeves1000]

I took a master class with this amazing legend at a towsend jazz festival, myself being a tenor saxophone player I sat there amazed for about 30 minutes while he just played. For 30 minutes not a word was said but I learned so much, he is truly a saxophone legend that I hope to take a class from again!

[@nicholaswilkinson6126]

Nice! Side note: Is it just the tenor that you play? Or do you play other sax's on top of it like Jeff and LeRoi?

[@jeffreycohan3986]

I've been to 96 DMB concerts over the years. Jeff (my name also) brings talent is unmatched. It's effortless for him. I always sit and watch...amazed. I've been an alto player for 30 years as well, and I continue to learn from him.

[@canki09]

this is the 17th time i am listening to this song and i have no intention to stop.

[@squigtonianmayhem4602]

I remember watching when this aired on FuseTV. These good people witnessed magic this night.

[@theallfather7471]

Holly fkinnn sheett! That was awesome, Jeff played his fking heart out, my gawd.

[@ramatuzzi]

Most fabulous Jeff's solo on #41 was in 1998 in Centrun Center when he was just a special guest to the band. That's on track 7 disc 2 of Live Trax 1. Jeff rules!

[@ThePrenian]

I feel the solo is so good mainly because of the very clever and funky foreplay of the drummer and Jeff.

[@peterdalling2707]

This saxophone/drum teamwork is beyond comprehension and it made my sob of happiness. I have never heard anything like this - two instruments completely obey their masters.

[@illlogic15]

I actually met Jeff. He came to my school to play with our jazz band.

[@banditjr770]

I was at the festival as well! I love his new and unique sound that he has developed over the years! One other thing, the final concert was amazing! I love the Purdue jazz fest because you are able to hear so many types of jazz and influential musicians. For example, the Purdue Band played "Take the A Train," a classic, beautifully like I have never heard it right before Jeff Coffin played something completelely new and contemporary

[@sganet_]

Real music, 292k views, any Kanye West's mv, millions...

[@amylaughter325]

We need more sax players like this everywhere to raise some damn roofs for a change!

[@damianbiondo812]

I love LeRoi Moore (may he R.I.P), and without diminishing his talent, legacy, or impact on the world--of music or generally--but Jeff Coffin is quite simply amazing. He plays like no one else I've heard. So glad this got uploaded. Cannot wait to see DMB kick off their next tour in two weeks.

[@johnmckenna5404]

Yeah Jeff! sound beautiful as always man!

[@stoltzruns]

i'm so sorry i miss your guys this year!!! i was in the hospital and unable to make it to Hershey!!!

[@szephyr]

absolutely beautiful solo. anyone who cant appreciate this isnt a music lover

[@energizer205]

Perfect example of Music speaking louder than words... AMAZING

[@rickbob5697]

Jeff is not good. There is a level above good and it's called truly insane. Jeff is truly insane.

[@BJones-gs4hn]

That's called obscene

[@HubersonRP]

Pagaria simplesmente o quanto fosse para ouvir estes caras ao vivo. Eles em uma virada de ano aqui heim? Tudo de bom e mais 100%. rsss

[@ebenclukey7293]

Jeff and I were in high school band together in the woods of Dexter Maine. That area of Maine at that time was a hot bed of young talent. I've been a full time musician since. I can think of several kids from Dexter and surrounding towns who went on to perform on the major stages or teach at Berklee college of music and other schools.

[@T43B1GD0G]

This is absolutely incredible!!

[@PrinsTheDan]

THE PURE AWESOMNESS OF DAVE MATTHEWS BAND!!!!

[@cadenschmidt2752]

I saw DMB for the first time at summerfest this year. Wow they were incredible! They have such good rhythm and I love it when they jam out! Also listener supported is one of the best albums in my opinion.

[@junkevin]

this song will never get old

[@SimonBrisbane]

This intro riff is lifted from Sojourn Of Arjuna. Jeff made it fit nicely. One of the best Sax players in history!

[@baxatakbaxatak2014]

I never knew that! I love that he and Rashawn brought these new riffs to songs like 41 and Tripping Billies!

[@alyssarosehendrix4291]

Im in love with this

[@carlosalvarez-lz6cr]

I m in love of you ...

[@KB200887]

@ 6:45 .... Dude's mind just imploded from the pure awesomeness he just heard...mine would have too...I would love to see them in concert.

[@JakeWerkmeister]

Jeff never ceases to amaze me.

[@roberto3752]

Only say... God thanks for these men and this music

[@HedzMusicUniverse]

He is so cool and modest. He came to give my school's jazz band(s) a master class on improvisation. It was just so incredible to see him preform with some of my classmates.

[@baxatakbaxatak2014]

LeRoi and Jeff are like two world-class painters. LeRoi’s paintings were neat, beautiful, in the lines, and classic. Jeff’s are loud, bold, wild, and messy. Yet they are regarded as the best of their generation, and their work hangs in the finest museums.

[@lokir]

The footage of the audience just bopping away is cool... makes me want to be there.

[@threethreethree3]

proof that this world is truly a beautiful place.

[@tka2024]

wow this is fucking amazing. what energy, and what it must have been like to be in the room at the time? that's such intimate communication what a display, I've never seen something so great for dmb

[@kc5tng]

So few of the crowd fully realized that they were witness to something so very very rare...a marvelously talented group of musicians...the Dave Matthews band backing up this fabulous sax man and once the first part was finished...then the "Magic" happened...very few people have ever witnessed anything this moving...a super talented drummer and a super talented sax player playing off each other...the rest of the players were just supporting the two stars of this performance...WOW~~!!

[@crystalbrown2621]

wow, I'm looking to hear you guys at Amro this evening. Awesome

[@Ezhuks]

@hayslivesinthedesert It, indeed, came from Sojourn of Arjuna. Which originally was written by Victor Wooten for his solo album, by the way :)

[@Validproof]

who was that trumpeter guy......he is jus loving the plateau of mastery.

[@benjaminsheeley2095]

Rashawn Ross

[@EthanStutz]

Yes, it is an unlacquered custom Yamaha 82Z Tenor Saxophone. Great sounding, beautiful horn, but very expensive. In the neighborhood of around $4,500.

[@carpet12345z]

thats around the price of my cannonball

[@sartoriusrock]

Paul Slammer You got ripped off my friend. I've never seen a brand new Cannonball tenor go above $3000

[@MrGreenhornetfan]

Paul Slammer What kind of Cannonball do you have?

[@eli_m6556]

Jeff coffin is a fuckin beast

[@giovannispagnolo9670]

a monster....

[@DamageIncBHS]

Who in their right mind could dislike this?

[@rossshimer2431]

My favorite part about this that Jeff and crater are having so much fun on stage I love crater response to jeff

[@360soar]

I also took a weekend workshop with him in Maryland a few years ago. Simply astounding.

[@PopeJohnBeatoIV]

@fc78b3 It's Carter Beuford.....And to answer your other question the solo is from "Sojourn of Arjuna" but it sounds like it was meant to be there....

[@ratiocinativeness]

seriously people, who just would dislike this?

[@thedanceingbear]

Bout to see these guys tonight!

[@shelf1122]

OMFG! this makes me sooo happy!!!!!! wowowow!!!!!

[@SimonKapl]

omg, jeff's crazy...I think when I try to play this solo, I would die of a lack of oxygen - incredible!!!

[@baxatakbaxatak2014]

Thank God for Jeff. No other sax man could cover for LeRoi.

[@Redeemed1985]

i saw Coffin live with the Flecktones, he was playin' two sax's at the same time! my mind actually did implode.

[@Redeemed1985]

Coffin and carter are two of the best its not my opinion its a fact. who can't agree?

[@Balnizar]

This kind of things only happen live! That song could go on forever...

[@dexedDOTde]

What happend to the complete Video. Can't find it anymore. Best version. :/

[@cameodamaneo]

+dexed I can't find this specific one, but I've found another live version that I actually think is a lot better: vimeo.com/120261011

[@thornrob]

+Cameron Pearce That one was on KZbin at some point...wonder why it was taken down? I agree tho, that one is better

[@cameodamaneo]

thornrob I know! I couldn't find it on KZbin either!

[@keithmccraw5718]

+Cameron Pearce YESSSS!!! That's the one we're looking for! Thanks so much Cam.

[@cameodamaneo]

Keith McCraw You're welcome! :P

[@TheRealTAKO]

They were unique in their own ways. There are some of LeRoi's solos that I listen to over and over again and some of Jeff's that I do the same.

[@stephenjohnson3337]

Can anyone please explain why these guys have not yet been chosen to play at any Superbowl halftime shows instead of those lousy hip hop artists?

[@kaemontomita1416]

The only reason I could imagine is that they are too talented for the simple minded. That's why they have simple artists perform at these events, people today do not know how to comprehend good music anymore.

[@stephenjohnson3337]

Good point!

[@stujjj77]

cuz this is MUSIC and that is entertainment really....give me the music anyday

[@crystalbrown2621]

IKR!!!!!

[@catnipabuser3089]

Stephen Johnson this music is my favorite, because it has such a beautiful and nice acoustic sound to their music. The Dave Matthews Band will always be my favorite!

[@Jfunk94]

i watch this every night before i go to sleep

[@asball10]

Jeff is undoubtedly one of the best, as was Roi. Jeff and Victor Wooten were like the Stefan and Roi i came to love. It makes me sad that the death of my favorite musician brought Stefan and Jeff together, and i initially did not care for Jeff, but what would Roi think of me not appreciating all aspects of his life's music? My love for Roi has helped me to grow a new adoration for Jeff and all the new amazing sounds he brings to DMB... but i cant help miss that ol GrooGrux.

[@goldmy]

After this solo the sax smoked a cigarette!

[@giovannispagnolo9670]

You're goddamn right...

[@howardchief]

4:08 Coolest thing they have ever done with this song. Listen to Stefan walk that bass line.

[@goncalomedia]

Great show!!!

[@Pranayama4Life]

THE SICKEST VERSION OF THIS SONG EVER!!!!!!! MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY!!!! =)

[@wildgrem]

I love how Carter is ALWAYS lovin it, having so much fun.

[@liamlathan]

did i just witness what i think i just did? greatness

[@Spurkplug]

Just AWESOME! Who doesn't want to be able to play like him. Btw the drummer is great too.

[@phranklyn]

THIS! This is what music is all about!

[@RoninDays]

It's so good that you can't even take it in. Who the fuck is on this level these days?????? Please reply with a worthy band )

[@7evenblue]

Immortal performance 🔥❤‍🔥🔥

[@Thinobard]

this is song is from sojourn of arjuna from bela fleck and the flecktones, which is coffins other band he rolls with. check it out if you like this song

[@retete13]

Eu simplesmente eu acho o Jeff Coffin o melhor de todos. Sem palavras!

[@patrickdiegodeoliveiralima3857]

i wanna see this complete video

[@hannafasching1340]

vimeo.com/120261011

[@ThePinawela]

absolutely amazing

[@protatoesable]

jeff rocks my socks off. if you came on here saying leroi plays with emotion, and that this is not played with emotion, I think you decided your opinion before listening

[@Valueclown]

Judging by the watermark in the screen I would say it was aired on fuse.

[@baldman00z]

much love Jeff Coffin. feel ya man. love it. lovely get

[@Lizvolkel]

ca-ra-lhoooooooooooooooooooooooooo! UAUUUU, o cara é... putz... animalllll!!! I love it!!

[@Giorgikandelaki]

Amazing solo, Amazing...

[@HustlerKid910]

I like the little piece of Sojourn of Arjuna into #41, nice one, Jeff.

[@VitaumB]

is there a dvd of the show? where did u get this? i want the concert so bad.. ive been looking for a dvd with the new set up... roshawn and jeff together... if you could tell me and i woul d appreciate it... tks alot!

[@MrMannyfsu]

@dscjnky i know right thats exactly what i was just saying hahaha i was like u have no idea what just took place that was a display of power and beauty of music at its finest

[@JakeWerkmeister]

He's fingering a low C minus the LH 3 pearl. It's a multiphonic fingering that Jeff uses quite often. That particular fingering can produce quite a few sounds, so experiment with your airstream until you get this particular sound to pop out.

[@JunYs40]

does anyone knows where is the complete video of this music? with the jeff coffin's solo of course

[@HustlerKid910]

Anyone have/ know where to find the entire performance of this song? The performance of this song here is straight from heaven and I must have!

[@caughtinheadlights]

nah they change up so often. they are a jam band after all. the just play what feels right. I used to play this during my shows with a sax player, oh so much fun. mind you every player has his chops

[@shadowsong1]

just...absolutely....sublime...